Should I Spend Donuts on the Itchy and Scratchy Bot?

Well, it’s officially Cyber Monday, and it looks like EA decided to extend our sales for another day! Now the Black Friday & Cyber Monday boxes/items will leave stores tomorrow, November 28th. Which means I can actually write a Should I Buy for the one brand new item to hit our towns this weekend! So let’s check out the new premium bot….

As we all know, that limited-time label can tempt us to grab everything in sight because it’ll be gone soon. But don’t sweat it! That’s where we come in to tell you what’s worth those donuts and what you might want to hold off on.

Wondering if you should add the Itchy and Scratchy Bot to your Springfield? Well before you hit that confirm button let’s break down the pros and cons of adding this robotic Cat and Mouse to your town…

Pros-Comes with some funny dialogue
-Animated when tapped (see below)
-From a classic episode of The Simpsons

Cons-NPCs, no tasks and no purpose in Springfield other than walking around town.

Final ThoughtPremium or Freemium:NPCs are almost always a toss-up. They’re in the category of “if you like it, get it”. Some people won’t spend a dime for NPCs since they serve no benefit for Springfield, others will spend all their donuts on NPCs because they make them laugh (I’m looking at you Brooders). And some are like me. Practical. If you have a fond memory, you’ll get it. Otherwise, you save your donuts.

Of course, in the end, it’s your decision, we can only tell you what we would or wouldn’t do…and as I premium player I can tell you I picked it up. This episode is just too great not to mark my town. But whatever you decide, just make sure you make your final decision before it leaves our games for good (or for now).

Here’s a look at the dialogue it comes with…

Robotic Rebellion
Homer starts

Homer: The robot rebellion is finally upon us! Please, oh mechanical overlords, allow me to serve you and betray my fleshy brethren.Bart: Dad, we already defeated the robots once. All we need is a camera with a flashbulb.Homer: Yeah, but when was the last time you saw an actual camera? It’s every man for himself! Take the boy, robot masters! He blasphemes your glory!Tap Itchy and Scratchy BotHomer: Looks like we defeated all the robots. By outsourcing their destruction to the Sky Finger. Ah, outsourcing, another gift from corporate America.Bart: Yeah, but what about the next time machines try to destroy our society? Should we prepare?Homer: What did you say? I just beat level 500 of Happy Elves.Bart: Hmm, maybe they’ve already won.

And here’s what the animation looks like when tapped…

What are your thoughts on the robotic cat and mouse? Will you be spending the donuts to bring them to your Springfield? Did you already? Why or why not? Find any other great Cyber Monday deals? Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!

Bart: But, Mom, it’s exactly what you wanted in a vacation.
It brought us together as a family, we got a lot of good exercise outdoors and we have so many memories.
Marge: You know, you’re right.
This truly was the best vacation ever.
Now, let us never speak of it again.

Bought this purely for the nostalgia. Does the level of happy little elves that homer says he’s on reflect what level you are on in tapped out as in my game he was on level 509 which I had just reached or was it just a coincidence.

They don’t go into Krustyland?! 🙄
They are just NPCs 🙄
I’m puzzled why EA just released them now, I mean they could easily have done an Itchy & Scatchy Land event 🙄 feels like that it less likely now 😓

I’m sorry for postinh this here but I hope someone reads me… I’ve been having this bug with my game where I keep hearing the level up sound over and over again. No matter what I try, the sound remains bugged and stuck on a loop.

It’s hard to believe I’m the only one, but I haven’t read anything about it here or elsewhere so I dunno.

I haven’t had this issue happen to me, but an idea that might work is: tap on the hammer and saw icon (bottom right corner) then in the box that comes up tap the little gear type item that is in the top right corner. Then in the next box that shows on the screen it will show music and SFX volume. Tap all the way to the left to lower the volume then adjust it back to your preferred volume again. This might reset the volume and hopefully fix the problem. I hope this works.. 🌸🐱🌟🌸 tip; careful not to bump the ‘doughnut confirm’ option, that option should always be ON.

This problem showed up for me during one of the previous events and disappeared when I re-installled (yes, it’s a pain). Or you could wait a day or so…it most likely will disappear with the next update.

I bought these before confirming any SIB….I was thinking they were full characters, as I didn’t think they would charge that much for just an NPC (silly naive me)…..I never spend valuable donuts fo NPCs so this was the only Black Friday / Cyber Monday I regretted.

Not a bad NPC necessarily, from a classic, memorable episode, but probably the biggest con for me with them is that they’re in Springfield, not Krustyland. Obviously they’re not from Krustyland orignally, but it eventually turned into a mash-up of both Krustyland and Itchy & Scratchy Land as well as various other rides, so there’s no reason not to logically put them there other than that Krustyland is just a huge waste of space, which, I mean, it is, but still.

Oh, definitely, no one would buy them for certain and hardly anyone visits Krustyland anymore. I certainly wouldn’t. Like I said, it’s a huge waste of space. But they are so out of place in Springfield when, as characters, they logically should go in Krustyland. It just shows how underutilized Krustyland was, that newly added characters who would belong there don’t get placed there.

Would of bought if Lady Bot and President Lisa wasn’t tempting me. Ended up getting Big Digi Ben and the Electric Cars, though. Eh, still pretty decent I guess. I have started to only spend donuts on the event mystery boxes or bundles, unless it’s something I REALLY want. (I’m talking to you, Rachel Jordan) Anyway I need to stop waffling on aha. Have a nice evening! 😊